Marcia, a security officer and member of NAMIBIA SECURITY WORKERS UNION (NASWU), worked for Rossington Mines (a Chinese owned company), and has been in dispute with her employers since September 2023. She needs to raise N$ 19800.00 (about £800 UK sterling) to continue her campaign. Marcia was victimised and dismissed after she made complaints about safety in the workplace. She has been fighting … [Read more...]
Political repression is ruining our lives – Support the movement to protect our freedom to protest!
For more than seven months, a retired head teacher, a dementia care advisor and a retired environmental health officer have been left waiting in limbo by the Metropolitan Police, desperately hoping to find out if they will face criminal charges instigated by an east London council following a town hall protest. In February 2024, the three socialist campaigners attended a fraught Newham council … [Read more...]
International Panel: Contracting Out, Union Busting & Privatization In Southern Africa – Zoom Meeting TODAY
July 6 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm PDT (7.30pm UK BST) FREE 12:30 PM CST/1:30 PM EST 7:30 PM SOUTH AFRICA/NAMIBIA/UK BST The destruction of workers in Southern African including in South Africa and Namibia is escalating. Workers are being forced into contract labor which was the type of labor under apartheid conditions. These panelists will report on the fight against union busting and also the … [Read more...]
WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
A WIN discussion April 2024. May 1st has been recognised as international workers' day ever since the strike of trade unions in the USA in 1886 for the eight-hour working day, which ended in the notorious police massacre of workers at the Haymarket in Chicago. In 1889 the newly-formed Socialist International called a worldwide one-day general strike for the following May Day, and workers' parties … [Read more...]
Messages of support for Marcia Kauatjitotje , victimised Namibian worker
Listen to an interview with Marcia as she gives details of her case here FROM IRELAND - DUBLIN COUNCIL OF TRADE COUNCILS Dublin Council of Trade Unions (DCTU) demands the immediate re-instatement of Marcia Kauatjitotje, a security surveillance operator with Eagle Night Watch at Husab uranium mine in Namibia. She had given evidence on behalf of workers at the recent Labour Tribunal in … [Read more...]
SUPPORT Marcia Kauatjitotje: VICTIMISED FOR TRUTH IN NAMIBIA
FIGHTING WOMAN VICTIMISED - Please see emails below to record messages of solidarity in opposition to the company and the labour commissioners. Marcia Kauatjitotje (37) Security Surveillance operator for Eagle Night Watch in Namibia has been victimized for telling the truth about exploitation and working conditions in the security company. Eagle Night Watch is a sub-contractor to Husab … [Read more...]
US Motor workers, UAW, strike: Stand up and Fight!
US MOTOR WORKERS, UAW, STRIKE: STAND UP AND FIGHT! - YouTube The 2023 United Auto Workers strike in the USA has excited the interest of unionists internationally. After decades in which wages have slumped and union membership declined suddenly the American workers were striking, gaining 20% increases and workers are returning to trade unions again. What has caused this sudden upsurge in US … [Read more...]
ALI WAZIR RE-ARRESTED
The abduction of Ali Wazir, a prominent leader and elected member of Parliament from Waziristan, has sparked outrage and condemnation from workers organizations and activists around the world. Wazir was abducted on his way to attend the budget session at Parliament by unknown individuals in Meran Shah. This illegal act comes after release of Wazir as he had been previously imprisoned on fake and … [Read more...]
WIN’s message of solidarity to the sacked Namibian Rossing Mineworkers
FROM WIN - Dear Comrade George Martin. I am writing on behalf of the Organising Committee of the Workers' International Network, to send you our solidarity and support for your heroic struggle. We condemn the action of the China National Uranium Corporation Limited in dismissing the Rossing branch executive committee of the Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia, and its record of … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Release Rauf Lund Now!
ASIAN MARXIST REVIEW - 15TH FEBRUARY 2023 Asian Marxist Review In the late hours of Monday night, February 13th, Comrade Rauf Khan Lund was arrested by Counter Terrorism Department in a special raid at Tibbi Lundan, a small town in District D.G. Khan where he belongs to and is a household name as a revolutionary voice against the capitalism and feudalism. He was kept in illegal custody for … [Read more...]